So we took a few classes, Shipbuilding of Korea, Korean Traditional Music, North Korea, Taekwondo, and Globalization etc. All of these were distinctively interesting, but North Korea generated the most buzz within the group. Taught by westerner, this class gave the background of how North Koreans probably think, and theories on why they act the way they do. The lecturer was making generalizations about NK and SK, and it was interesting to know that the SK’s disagreed with a lot of what he said. According to the lecturer, there will probably be some sort of armed conflict within six months.
Taekwondo was the most interactive of all the classes. This is the Korean Martial Art, and it is more about discipline and peace than fighting. The first step of learning Taekwondo is adequately stretching. When attempting a stretch, if the instructors did not think one was adequately extended, they hand no problem walking over and PUSHING your appendages beyond maximum yielding strength. After 30 minutes of this, we learned basic attack, block and kick moves. A few of us successfully kicked a board into multiple pieces.
One afternoon we took a bus down to Busan again. This time we actually went swimming at the beach, and also toured the aquarium. The water is pretty shallow a long way out at the beach, so the ocean swells get nice and large as they come in. We had a great time trying to surf them on inner tubes, or just getting crushed into the sand. A few of the group actually made it onto Korean TV too.
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